{"id":37054,"date":"2024-05-02T11:20:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=37054"},"modified":"2024-05-02T11:20:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:20:18","slug":"vocational-rehabilitation-launches-satellite-office-at-north-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/vocational-rehabilitation-launches-satellite-office-at-north-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocational Rehabilitation Launches Satellite Office At North Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College aims to provide students with the financial, academic and emotional support they need to attain an education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For students with disabilities, <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdc.edu\/access\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACCESS: A Comprehensive Center for Exceptional Student Services<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides resources like testing accommodations, note-takers and interpreters, to facilitate their pursuit of higher education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now MDC students will have a new resource.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On April 29, the Florida Department of Education\u2019s Vocational Rehabilitation program, a federal-state initiative that assists people with disabilities find employment, launched a satellite office at North Campus in Room 6126.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program aims to expand to other MDC campuses in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe want to be the first place that individuals with disabilities go when they need assistance\u2026we want to enhance their independence,\u201d said Kirenia Pintado, who serves as the interim area director for Vocational Rehab\u2019s Miami-Dade County and Monroe County offices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vocational Rehab also offers financial aid, tutoring, career counseling, internships, technology, like armrests and wheelchairs, medical services, such as diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, and transportation assistance, including vehicle modifications and gas money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSince COVID, people are coming in needing more resources, whether it\u2019s with mental health, academics, finding employment,\u201d said Elizabeth Potenza, director of ACCESS Disability Services at North Campus. \u201c[Vocational Rehab] is just another tool in our toolbox [that] can give students the assistance they need to be successful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To qualify for assistance, applicants need to have a documented disability and meet with a vocational rehabilitation counselor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Candidates are then referred to a certified vocational evaluator to assess their academic, emotional and medical conditions, as well as their interests, strengths and weaknesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Results are used to create an individualized plan for employment, which outlines the jobs that are best fit for the person and the resources they need to succeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe key thing is helping our community and citizens, enabling them to move forward\u2014to study what they want to study, to contribute what they have a skill [in] or what they want to develop a skill for,\u201d said Carlos A. Ponce, a consultant for Vocational Rehab, serving as a liaison between North Campus\u2019 satellite office and the ACCESS department.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benjamin Vera, a psychology student at Kendall Campus who wrestles with obsessive compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, understands the value of Vocational Rehab.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After resigning from his part-time job as a foot-wear sales associate at Bass Pro Shops, the 19-year-old struggled to afford his classes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summer, Vocational Rehab is paying for his courses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cKeeping up financially was very difficult because I kept failing classes. I kept missing work because I was stuck in these cycles of anxiety. It was very hard for me to see a future in the educational side of my life,\u201d Vera said. \u201cBut, you know, Vocational Rehab, they really gave me an opportunity to not have to worry about the financial part, get better and focus at my own pace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liliana Ramirez, founder of <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/access-sharks-program-helps-students-with-disabilities-gain-work-experience\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACCESS: Sharks<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a program that helps students with disabilities acquire work experience at North Campus, sees the long-term benefits of having a Vocational Rehab office at the College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA collaboration between a VR agency and MDC will help students with disabilities become work ready and remain in employment,\u201d Ramirez said. \u201cEmployment will increase our student\u2019s self-esteem and will bring material advantages to them and their families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about Vocational Rehab, visit their website at <\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rehabworks.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.rehabworks.org\/<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\"> here<\/a><\/span> to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. For news tips, contact us at mdc.thereporter@gmail.com.<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Dade College aims to provide students with the financial, academic and emotional support they need to attain an education. For students with disabilities, ACCESS: A Comprehensive Center for Exceptional Student Services provides resources like testing accommodations, note-takers and interpreters, to facilitate their pursuit of higher education.\u00a0 Now MDC students will have a new resource. 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